"It is not possible to make great buildings,……" — Christopher Alexander
"It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are."
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33 Quotes by Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander has 33 quotes on this site.
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Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance…
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Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.
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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and…
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To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are…
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To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which…
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When you make something, cleaning it out of structural debris is one of the most vital things you do.
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The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more…
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There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has…
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From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts,…
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In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to…
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In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that…
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Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design…
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